I'm smiling to myself and I don't know why. Music prelim practical is in 4 days. I suddenly started panicking today for my solo pieces. To make myself feel better, I spent time refining Beethoven's Romance which, sadly, doesn't sound romantic at all. Typing of romanticism, I'm still a little disappointed about the fact that this year's O level composition texts aren't the romantic/emo sort.

Saturday and Sunday had a lot of Rondo in it. I'm glad ms tan came to listen and correct us, because it sounds much better now. I'm starting to enjoy the piece. Ck too! It no longer seems super fast and stressful. At least I can move a bit now, and my fingers won't hate me so much.

Since yesterday, the main theme of Star Wars has been playing in my head at every opportunity. There aren't any downloadable scores online. At the rate at which the torrent loads, Teacher's Day will be over. The only option left was to go by ear. I've been spending almost 10 hours sitting by the computer, glued to the screen and wired up with earphones (to reduce noise pollution). There's a lot of cross referencing to do. After listening to one video, I have to cross check with a few more to make sure the orchestra didn't play it wrongly. Sometimes, the audio at a specific bar isn't good and I can't hear some instruments, so I have to hunt for another video that gives me a clearer sound at that bar. Then, painstakingly type in the notes for the different parts. I've heard the Star Wars title at least a hundred times already. I am pretty sure I dreamt of Star Wars last night.

Tomorrow is O level composition coursework, part 1 after school. I hope my mind doesn't blank out.

Now, back to Star Wars. I think I'm getting a little more addicted to it. I can even sing out the harmony that goes along with the main melody.